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The ambiguous lessons of the Iranian model of paid living kidney donation

Fry-Revere, S. (2014). The kidney sellers: a journey of discovery in Iran. (Durham: Carolina Academic Press)

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  1. Elements of the following discussion build on arguments I have previously raised in an earlier response to Fry-Revere (Koplin 2014).

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Koplin, J.J. The ambiguous lessons of the Iranian model of paid living kidney donation. Monash Bioeth. Rev. 32, 284–290 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-015-0023-1

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